Read-Only Access to SQL Server Jobs
This question comes up a lot: how do I give read-only access to job status to a group of people?...
2009-01-22
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Databases – Infrastructure – Security
Video: xp_cmdshell execution in SQL Server 2005/2008
The video I did for Jumpstart TV on xp_cmdshell execution has hit the front page. Registration on the site is...
2009-01-21
686 reads
Fake LinkedIn profiles with links to malware
This is a little old (five days based on the last update), but TrendMicro put on their blog about fake...
2009-01-20
919 reads
Conficker / Downadup Worm One More Time
Hopefully by now everyone has seen this, but if not, here's a reminder to continue to spread the details. Denis Gobo...
2009-01-20
909 reads
Microsoft Solution Accelerators on TechNet
I was browsing through the new titles that are on Safari and saw some planning guides around Windows Server 2008...
2009-01-15
816 reads
Have you disabled autoplay yet?
If not, you should. Because autoplay being on means any time a removable data device, such as a USB stick,...
2009-01-15
749 reads
More About Twitter
I've mentioned before that I was on Twitter and I know that for some the question is still out on...
2009-01-12
912 reads
MySQL GUI Tools
This came up on Twitter today. I have a search set for "SQL Server" and it pulled up someone who...
2009-01-09
946 reads
Windows Server 2008 R2 Core supports SQL Server
First saw this because Jason Massietwittered about it. But apparently there are enough bits of the .NET Framework in R2...
2009-01-09
1,258 reads
Organizing RSS Feeds
I have a lot of blogs I subscribe to. Well over 500 at last count. And the truth of the...
2009-01-07
724 reads
Blogs
How to Find Expensive Queries in Amazon Redshift
Slow-running queries can degrade your Redshift cluster’s performance and lead to increased costs. Identifying...
The Notification Trap: How Input Fatigue Is Killing Deep Work in Tech
By gbargsley
If you've been here before, you know this blog is usually about SQL Server,...
Designing a Storage Load Test for SQL Server
I’ve been doing storage load tests for SQL Server for a long time, both...
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Question of the Day
How Long is a Long I/O?
In SQL Server 2025, a long I/O is recorded in the error log with message 833. How long much an I/O request be outstanding before this message is written to the log?
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